Decision Support Framework for Sea-level Rise Impacts
Go to the Product(s)
Final report on the decision support framework
Spatial datasets on coastal landscape change and land loss in response to sea-level rise
Additional Resources
USGS Project page for Sea-Level Rise Hazards and Decision Support
USGS Project page for Coastal Landscape Response to Sea-Level Rise Assessment for the Northeastern United States
Funded by the Northeast CSC, which maintains its own project page
Technical description
A USGS and Columbia University team evaluated sea-level rise impacts in the northeastern U.S. The project developed a reconnaissance method to distinguish coastal areas in the northeastern U.S. (Virginia-Maine) that will likely experience a predominantly inundation (e.g., flooding) response to sea-level rise from those that will likely respond dynamically by moving or changing (e.g., landforms such as barrier islands and marshes). They found that areas likely to inundate include urban regions of intense development and/or coastal engineering, as well as bedrock coasts. Alternatively, areas likely to respond dynamically include beaches, unconsolidated cliffs, barrier islands, and wetlands. By distinguishing the response to a variety of sea level projections in these areas, future work can inform appropriate scientific research and decision support efforts.
Project Contact(s):
Erika Lentz, Research fellow, U.S. Geological Survey
Rob Thieler, Scientist, U.S. Geological Survey
LCC Staff Contact(s):
Megan Tyrrell, Coastal Resilience Coordinator
PROJECT PAGE:
| Resource Type: | Ecosystems |
|---|---|
| Conservation Targets: | Coastal and Marine |
| Conservation Framework: | Assumption-based Research |
| Threats/Stressors: | Climate Change, Sea-level rise and storm impacts |
| Conservation Action: | Habitat and natural process restoration, Site/area management |
